diff --git a/app/models/post_mover.rb b/app/models/post_mover.rb
index 657fc9bce3f..1f26293b2c5 100644
--- a/app/models/post_mover.rb
+++ b/app/models/post_mover.rb
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ class PostMover
 
     PostAction.copy(post, new_post)
     new_post.update_column(:reply_count, @reply_count[1] || 0)
+    new_post.custom_fields = post.custom_fields
+    new_post.save_custom_fields
+    new_post
   end
 
   def move(post)
diff --git a/spec/models/post_mover_spec.rb b/spec/models/post_mover_spec.rb
index 52e1e02814a..24631d880c0 100644
--- a/spec/models/post_mover_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/post_mover_spec.rb
@@ -342,6 +342,16 @@ describe PostMover do
           expect(new_post.post_actions.size).to eq(1)
         end
 
+        it "preserves the custom_fields in the new post" do
+          custom_fields = { "some_field" => 'payload' }
+          p1.custom_fields = custom_fields
+          p1.save_custom_fields
+
+          new_topic = topic.move_posts(user, [p1.id], title: "new testing topic name")
+
+          expect(new_topic.first_post.custom_fields).to eq(custom_fields)
+        end
+
       end
 
       context "to an existing topic with a deleted post" do